We hope you'll join the conversation by posting to an open topic or starting a new one.To review the Tripadvisor Forums Posting Guidelines, please follow this link: We remove posts that do not follow our posting guidelines, and we reserve the right to remove any post for any reason.This is the version of our website addressed to speakers of Members who are knowledgeable about this destination and volunteer their time to answer travelers' questions. Is Never heard of “coconut condos”. Water was as high as 6 to 8 inches on the Lalo Street side. Constant rains drenched Maui on Wednesday, flooding homes and businesses, turning roads into raging rivers, snarling traffic and closing highways. Answer 1 of 3: Looks like we will be here for some of hurricane lane. Looks like we will be here for some of hurricane lane. Damaging winds, flooding . We are studying the situation at this point,”“This is the second time we had a storm like this. It occurred along Lower Main Street in Wailuku. Kekiwi was one of the last employees to leave the store after it was closed due to flooding. Maureen Marrs said it is due to the Central Maui low waterline.She said that workers would usually have to pump water to keep it from flooding the store, but The Marmac Ace Hardware store in Maui Lani also closed Wednesday when power went out, she said.Maui Electric Co. customers in the Wailuku and Waikapu areas lost electricity around 10:20 a.m.
Hana Highway, in the area of Kaupakalua Road and Twin Falls, was shut down by a landslide Wednesday morning. HAPPY VALLEY — Brown floodwater soaked blue Christmas stockings and flowed underneath what had been a festive tree.Ruined were a gray couch, coffee table, toy presents and the family home, just five days before Christmas.This was the scene at the Nelson family home in Happy Valley on Wednesday while unrelenting rain dumped more than 5 inches in Central Maui in a 24-hour period.Next door at the Living Way Church Maui, church members have seen flooding before, but Pastor Greg DelaCruz said that Wednesday’s inundation is the worst he’s seen, especially in the church basement where drums and equipment are stored.Two of the last cars to navigate Dairy Road before it was closed by Maui police officers plow through the flooded roadway Wednesday morning. The county reported the road open around 1:15 p.m.Other road closures included Puunene Avenue between Kamehameha and Wakea avenues, Hana Highway at the Dairy Road intersection and Aleo Place, according to the county. . Resident Ivan Bailey spread his arms in exasperation and said, He expressed frustration that family bedding, clothing and footwear were soaked and muddy. Hurricane Douglas was moving perilously close to the shores of Hawaii on Sunday and may make landfall in one or more of the islands by Monday morning.
Staff Writer Chris Sugidono contributed to this report.A record number of 109 COVID-19 cases, including nine on Maui, were reported Wednesday by the state, who attributed ...Public Facilities